7 'Unadaptable' Comic Book Storylines (That Are Already Becoming Movies)
2. Daredevil: Born Again
Marvel Comics
When Wilson Fisk vowed to crush the offices of Nelson & Murdock close to the end of Daredevil's second season, fans were pretty clued up on what would be coming next. And, y'know, it's not pretty.
The storyline in question is called Born Again, commonly regarded as being among the very best tales to have featured the devil of Hell's Kitchen, and it's very clearly being set up to dominate the character's third season of television. While that would, yes, be awesome in a wide variety of ways, there are certain elements of the comic book that just simply cannot make their way to live action.
The premise of the book - and the skeleton behind it too - are more than what's required to craft a convincing (and morose) Daredevil tale. Any beat for beat adaptation, however, would be a fruitless endeavour, especially since we're probably never, ever going to see The Avengers link up with Daredevil despite them both existing in the same universe.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
